LSU has an open date working in its favor as the Tigers hope to return starting quarterback Myles Brennan to the field after he suffered a lower body injury earlier this season against Missouri.
Brennan has missed the last two games, but the coaching staff will evaluate where he’s at in the two weeks ahead of the Tigers’ home matchup against the Alabama Crimson Tide.
“We’re gonna throw the ball with him a little bit today,” Orgeron said on Monday. “He’s going to try to get into the offense, see what he can do. He’s not ready yet. It’s day by day, and I don’t know if he’s going to be ready for the Alabama game. I think we’ll know a little bit more next week. We’re going to try to let him do a couple of things today, see how he can do it.”
Brennan was replaced by true freshman quarterback TJ Finley ahead of the team’s 52-24 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks. It was a successful outing for the signal-caller on the first start of his college career, as he completed 17-of-21 passes for 265 yards and two touchdowns.
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Things didn’t go as well for Finley in the road test against Auburn last week, as he completed 13-of-24 passes for 143 yards and two interceptions before being benched for fellow true freshman Max Johnson.
“We expected TJ to take another step, and obviously he didn’t,” Orgeron said Monday. “He struggled. He’s a freshman so I can’t put that on him. If Myles can’t practice, we will see who is better with TJ or Max. Max went in there and played fine.”
It will be interesting to see if it’s Finley or Johnson, who Orgeron says are both in an open quarterback competition in the event that Brennan can’t play, takes the field against Alabama when LSU returns to action on Nov. 14 in Tiger Stadium.
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